Telegram-herald., 1887-07-25
4 SWALLOWS R0OST
-FoUn0 \ TaE HsARr OF THe clTY.
He~ Thsss.s1s Of fhem csasrssat~ -
tas Es~zfss saa fssF themselves
Dc1a a Chil21sT sn has-
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fsreF's sr@~ery.
D74oll@ss n.any rexdefs u he ! - - ss'f-
AzsALa TsnasAesf IA aFtsels satitled -
oie oEali1s fF<s vhlea thsy fssi - as
oisi school book ~ gsassal 2ss tseBiy-
o. taiisy years sgo. II ths vfiss1s ,ae1aes1
= not Al laaA q vas toaad in sander
tnisd ksates. OF series lt e-scEi5sd a
sTzl.oss reosl II ns szfic hollow Elm
iree 91-ch stood 1ssT t8s az EoE ; Aes
L1gl4a1 1oa1s. AL t0lj h0s every sTsni1x
f2 -aufaer al ths sHailoHs "a tie T.llnty
cong -s4led sToana tts Tree ana alter
to- ails lo1g o.a-k SRA s1ap51
c9iolats Pg2fel themselves into the
tns ore Epol another Ike
a ognch ~ bees 10 ths Bottom u the hive
I les piece ~as aeil SUlleo, Cul nsr
rls9T otssrs foaGd ia schcol 5oozz. s=e1lsd
- l4-1 t1s l1spos- -zat e-eEnsat of truth a.
scaae " the most Interesting stz.sMenis.
10 he nrsl 4ce A.ehigan BOYS aud gifis
~ao were la1allar VIII The eoods kaoN
tlAE elm Trees we're MT often holl0s-la
Tact ihsy hai never seen one LhAL s1s hol-
Ic~ AZ lie top-5ut ID impzobzoihty sss
explained D. sUgp0slus that the auth
Sas not wOodsmzn aud had mis-
taken an osx or Dasswood
Tor al elm. Then, as the author
gave he Dimensions OF the tree the boys
would estimate the space Shsch was sall 10
&c mplels.y ullsd with swallows and they
usually made oct that II would take over
nundred bushels OF birds % hi Il. Many
lnslaLeea Of doubt as 20 the truth OF the
story Hsre expressed and the writer remem-
DeFs Cne case of actual unb-lief In the
- t-fA 10.
ni5ht afteg the swallows lad gone 10 bea
he too@ az AZ, went down and cut hole Ia
The sice VI ths ttee. found The space within
coca r-eiely fiisd With birsis and took one out
10 MS a4-ld. A ulILe curl headed fellow, Who
nai been raised N tne woods " bile reading
this verse. hesltated and dabiousiy shook bis
head. When asked for zn explanation OF
ais actions h- said. It's bis lie, they 4 a
dee O4t when Ie gin % cnop."
The article vas interesting however, and
the children never ured OF II. When al
lowed 70 pick out The reading lesson,
The Old swallow Tree was mo ire
qrenliy selected than any other in the book.
&c was also a fav0rite 10 read 10 a mis-
take. when the boy or girl vho could read
tsItbest without making an erfor in pro-
nunCiation. punctuation. infection or mod
ulstton, was allowed 10 90 10 the head Of
TIE class
Many keen Observers are found in conn-
Try schools and but lew teachers were able
20 explain the inconslslencies Of the swal-
low tree story TO the satisfaction of their
pupils. The writer OF this confesses that he
doubted rs tguthfillness until a few even
tngs since, when, IS he was walking down
Brldge-st.. he heard gre.t twittefing. and
looking up saw that above n ustsrers B.ew-
cry The ar MAS full of swallows. flying
IN ali directors, with DO apparent OBJ
Jet except 10 keep within speaking
distance Of each other. IL Was Just alter
sundOwn and there were thousands Ofthsm
IN an Irregular shaped mass which surged
up anu down the hillside, but did not move
more than block or Two from the brewery.
They cams from all directions ami after
flying aoout Tor fifteen or twenty minutes,
until apparently satisfied that ell were
ready 10 20 10 bed. the mass quickly took
the form OF a column which moved in a
circle until tie head OF the procession vas
over the old brick chimney On the brewery
when the column suddenly assumed the
form OF spiral and going at Iull speed
poured down into the chimney. When bird
was crowded out o. tue ranks or missed tho
hole III diving for:ihe chimney, he described
a circle anil returning to the column farther
back, fell in and made another attempt. l.
was several minutes. after the head os the
coiumn issched the chimney. before the
last bird had gone down the hue and all
were quietly Al rest.
Wien C1aEies kusterer, Of the Brewing
Company. was asked If he had noticed the
swallows be said. oh, Jes; they've been
with Us several years. iou see mat chin
ney has been cold ever since we built the
addition 10 the building ana moved The
boilers cut there. We first noticed the
birds about five years ago-Only a few Of
them 81 firs', but the tribe has increased
rapidly from yesr 10 year. ana now there
are thoussnds of them. No I don't think
thsv i've 10 he city. We don b see them
during The dag Prooably they don't ike
the English sparrows. Just before sun
Down they begin % gather about here com
ins from all directions. and in clear
weather they ruske qui,e q large and
u0isy crowd. Wien toe evening Is clouoy
or lazy they cone IN smaller hocls, and
after cEclinC over the building few min
uleS. dive iltO The chimney without waiting
for the whole crowd 10 arrive. ] don.
suOw whether they 20 40 the bottom or
stick 20 toe walls. | think they rOcst in a
heap az the bottom. there would not De
room fo- Sc many on the walls Nes.
suppose We could ind out jus, bow they
slsep by opening the bottom of the shaft,
ou, we don't want 70 molest them. 1 can
see them from the porch of my residence,
aud its piessaDt 10 see them pour
into the chimney in the evening. They
begin 70 arrive here tie after part OF Aay
and leave cary IN September. I don't
know what fiEle they cons out in the
morning. they probably get up before do"